Mountain West News Bureau
Daily Rundown
- Nov. 12: Groundwater conservation, elder suicide rates and a favorite NPR personality
- Can a Nevada water rights buy-back program keep its groundwater from drying up?
- The Latin Grammys return to Las Vegas: What to know for the 2025 show
- Las Vegas Airport delays continue, Treasure Island show rumors debunked, and Giving Machines return
- Young rodeo athletes are the next generation of Navajo cowboys
- Nevada senators vote to end shutdown, Animal Foundation pop-up, and new LVMPD substation underway
- Power bills may soon look different as NV Energy pursues rate change
Union leaders for federal employees said they're glad the shutdown is over, but morale remains low.
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Nevada Public Radio Original Podcasts
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Why doesn’t Las Vegas have more Basque dining options?
Sink your teeth into our annual collection of dining — and drinking — stories, including a tally of Sin City's Tiki bars, why good bread is having a moment, and how one award-winning chef is serving up Caribbean history lessons through steak. Plus, discover how Las Vegas is a sports town, in more ways than one. Bon appétit!
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
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Pope Leo likes movies. As he meets with Hollywood stars today, we have a look at his four favorite movies.
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King's 1982 novel was set in the year 2025, in a world with widespread poverty, mass surveillance, and giant corporations. The newest film version loses some of its critique.
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Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
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The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.